Stories: Surgery

“There is no such things as an ‘otherwise healthy’ bladder cancer patient who needs a radical cystectomy.” One of my […] Read More

The fellow and I knew that we had to deliver some bad news. “Unfortunately, there is a lot of air […] Read More

My eyes shone and I could feel the grin spreading across my face as the robot sprang to life, its […] Read More

She lay there, small and seemingly lifeless. Everything surrounding her is industrial—wires and tubes connecting this way and that—paralleling the […] Read More

When the time out was called, I stood at the side of the room, far from all sterile equipment–anything covered […] Read More

Rumi (a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic,) said, “Sell your cleverness and practice bewilderment.” Whoa. I love […] Read More

The day before I left for my six-week solo backpacking trip across Europe, my beloved, 80 year old German piano […] Read More